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From the Oxford University Press, this is a comprehensive dictionary of computing words and terminology.
A Dictionary of Computing
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absolute address
absolute address A unique number that specifies a unique location within the address space where an operand is to be found/deposited, or where...
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access path
access path The name given to the set of names of devices, directories , subdirectories , and a specific file , by means of which the...
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actuator
actuator of a disk drive. The mechanism that causes the head carriage and heads to be moved to the desired track. The voice coil actuator gains...
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adjacency structure
adjacency structure (adjacency list) A means of representing a graph . The adjacency structure corresponding to a path G is the set {Adj( v )...
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aliasing
aliasing A distorting effect caused by sampling an image at too low a rate. When a signal is undersampled, high-frequency components cannot be...
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applications program
applications program (or application program) Any program that is specific to the particular role that a given computer performs within a given...
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